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Photo needed, or info if you know for sure...
I broke my lefthand frame at the rear torsion bar holder bracket where the tranny crossmember bolts to the frame:
You can see the break just to the left of the torsion adjuster bolt and the resulting tranny crossmember drop of about 3". My plan to take care of this is to buy a Superlift; by using the Superlift drop brackets to hold the torsion adjuster, hopefully I won't need to worry about refabbing the break. However, I don't know if the Superlift drop brackets bolt onto the section that broke off, or just bolts onto the outside part and bypasses the break. If the Superlift bolts onto the part that broke off, my plan obviously won't work. I need a clear photo showing the Superlift drop bracket install; or positive, knowledgeable confirmation that this will work before I spend the $$$$ ordering the lift kit.
I will still have to fix the break so that I have a tranny crossmember support but that will not require near the strength of handling the torsion pressure, so I'm comfortable with that. I am NOT comfortable with merely having the break re-welded, using it again to hold the torsion stress, and then waiting for the weld to fail again while out on the trail in BFE several states away from home.
I need this info ASAP because my source for the lift has a special discount that expires next week and I really need to order it today if at all possible.... besides, I still drive this every week so I'm sort of in a "911" situation right now. I'm working weekends now but next weekend is free and so will be my only chance to do this job so I'm under the gun timewise.
To keep this thread on track I'll explain my reasoning so I don't have to wade through an extra dozen replies suggesting I turn this into an SAS thread and etc.
I don't have the money for an SAS. My welding skills are not up to par for that, I'm having trouble finding someone in my area I trust with that, and I still use Herc as a DD and don't have the luxury of the months of time my Explorer will be out of commission in someone's shop while an SAS is being done.
My eventual option that I am very interested in is the do the RCD conversion on the Superlift that will alleviate the need for worrying about the rear brackets at all, but that will cost more money and time than I have right now so that will be a future mod once the Superlift is on and I can start driving this thing again.
But for right now, I've got to get this thing back on the road in the next week or so ASAP, so my choice money and timewise seems to be a weekend Superlift install.
I need to know where those rear Superlift brackets bolt on to though.... can anyone answer that question for me?
Today (before the supplier closes) hopefully